The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution establishes a nationally standardized highest permissible minimum age of 18 for participation in state and federal elections. It was propos
The Twenty-sixth Amendment in the National Archives
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Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the Un
Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
…crisis. In 1970, Senator Ted Kennedy proposed amending the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to lower the voting age nationally. On June 22, 1970, President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act that required the voting age to be 18 in all federal, state, and local elections. In his statement on…
Official portrait, 1972
Nixon (second from right) makes his newspaper debut in 1916, contributing five cents to a fund for World War I orphans; his brother Donald is to his right.
Nixon as a senior at Whittier High School in 1930
Nixon's family: Julie and David Eisenhower, President Nixon, First Lady Pat Nixon, Tricia, and Edward Cox on December 24, 1971